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Int Immunopharmacol ; 101(Pt A): 108295, 2021 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34735917

RESUMO

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are among the players of inflammation during atherosclerosis. We assessed the effects of Eritoran, a TLR-4 antagonist, on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cytokines production by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) of patients with high-stenosis (HS) (n = 6) and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 6) co-cultured with Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs). LPS stimulation significantly increased the levels of IL-6 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.005), TNF-α (P = 0.006 and P = 0.005), IL-2 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.002), IFN-γ (P = 0.006 and P = 0.003), IL-17A (P = 0.004 and P = 0.003), IL-17F (P = 0.005 and P = 0.003), IL-5 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.005), IL-13 (P = 0.006 and P = 0.005), IL-9 (P = 0.005 and P = 0.005) and IL-21 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.005) in HUVECs co-cultured with HC and HS PBMCs as compared with un-stimulated co-culture condition, respectively. Eritoran treatment (50 µg/mL and 100 µg/mL) significantly reduced the levels of LPS-induced IL-6 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.006; P = 0.007 and P = 0.007), TNF-α (P = 0.005 and P = 0.003; P = 0.007 and P = 0.005), IL-2 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.005; P = 0.005 and P = 0.004), IFN-γ (P = 0.007 and P = 0.005; P = 0.005 and P = 0.004), IL-17A (P = 0.005 and P = 0.002; P = 0.005 and P = 0.002), IL-17F (P = 0.006 and P = 0.006; P = 0.005 and P = 0.005), IL-5 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.006; P = 0.007 and P = 0.007), IL-9 (P = 0.005 and P = 0.005; P = 0.005 and P = 0.005) and IL-21 (P = 0.007 and P = 0.007; P = 0.005 and P = 0.005) in stimulated HUVECs co-cultured with HC and HS PBMCs, compared to un-treated condition, respectively. Our results demonstrate that attenuating effect of Eritoran on the inflammatory responses to LPS is higher in PBMCs of patients with high stenosis, suggesting its potential role in ameliorating inflammatory conditions in atherosclerosis.


Assuntos
Aterosclerose/imunologia , Citocinas/metabolismo , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Leucócitos Mononucleares/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/antagonistas & inibidores , Adulto , Aterosclerose/tratamento farmacológico , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Técnicas de Cocultura , Dissacarídeos/uso terapêutico , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/imunologia , Humanos , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Interleucina-17/metabolismo , Interleucina-2/metabolismo , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Interleucina-9/metabolismo , Interleucinas/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fosfatos Açúcares/uso terapêutico , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
2.
FASEB J ; 35(9): e21798, 2021 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34339064

RESUMO

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic threatens human species with mortality rate of roughly 2%. We can hardly predict the time of herd immunity against and end of COVID-19 with or without success of vaccine. One way to overcome the situation is to define what delineates disease severity and serves as a molecular target. The most successful analogy is found in BCR-ABL in chronic myeloid leukemia, which is the golden biomarker, and simultaneously, the most effective molecular target. We hypothesize that S100 calcium-binding protein A8 (S100A8) is one such molecule. The underlying evidence includes accumulating clinical information that S100A8 is upregulated in severe forms of COVID-19, pathological similarities of the affected lungs between COVID-19 and S100A8-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) model, homeostatic inflammation theory in which S100A8 is an endogenous ligand for endotoxin sensor Toll-like receptor 4/Myeloid differentiation protein-2 (TLR4/MD-2) and mediates hyper-inflammation even after elimination of endotoxin-producing extrinsic pathogens, analogous findings between COVID-19-associated ARDS and pre-metastatic lungs such as S100A8 upregulation, pulmonary recruitment of myeloid cells, increased vascular permeability, and activation coagulation cascade. A successful treatment in an animal COVID-19 model is given with a reagent capable of abrogating interaction between S100A8/S100A9 and TLR4. In this paper, we try to verify our hypothesis that S100A8 governs COVID-19-associated ARDS.


Assuntos
COVID-19/complicações , Calgranulina A/fisiologia , Síndrome da Liberação de Citocina/etiologia , Inflamação/etiologia , Pandemias , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/etiologia , SARS-CoV-2/genética , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2/genética , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2/fisiologia , Animais , Antivirais/farmacologia , COVID-19/genética , COVID-19/patologia , Calgranulina A/sangue , Calgranulina A/genética , Quimiocina CXCL11/sangue , Síndrome da Liberação de Citocina/genética , Síndrome da Liberação de Citocina/patologia , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Dissacarídeos/uso terapêutico , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Descoberta de Drogas , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/virologia , Humanos , Inflamação/genética , Inflamação/patologia , Pulmão/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Pulmão/virologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/secundário , Antígeno 96 de Linfócito/fisiologia , Macaca mulatta , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Biológicos , Mutação , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/genética , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/metabolismo , Especificidade da Espécie , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/uso terapêutico , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/fisiologia , Regulação para Cima , Internalização do Vírus
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Cells ; 10(6)2021 06 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34205789

RESUMO

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling plays a key role in liver inflammation and fibrosis. The therapeutic effects of eritoran, a TLR4 antagonist, in mice with chronic liver injury remained unclear. C57BL/6 mice were fed a fast-food diet (FFD) or treated with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) to induce chronic liver injury. Eritoran (10 mg/kg) or a vehicle was randomly intraperitoneally administered to the FFD-fed mice and the CCl4-injured mice. Primary mouse liver cells were cultured with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or eritoran. In both FFD and CCl4 mouse models, eritoran significantly reduced serum ALT levels and decreased hepatic inflammatory cell infiltration without altering hepatic steatosis. Additionally, eritoran attenuated liver fibrosis by decreasing hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) activation and the abundance of α-smooth muscle actin and transforming growth factor-ß1. Hepatic TLR4 downstream signaling including MyD88 expression, NF-κB p65 nuclear translocation, p38 and JNK phosphorylation were successfully inhibited by eritoran. In the in vitro study, LPS-induced nuclear translocation of NF-κB in primary HSCs and Kupffer cells was significantly suppressed by eritoran. In conclusion, eritoran attenuated hepatic inflammation and fibrosis by inhibition of the TLR4 signaling pathway in mice with chronic liver injury. Eritoran may serve as a potential drug for chronic liver disease.


Assuntos
Intoxicação por Tetracloreto de Carbono , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Doença Hepática Terminal , Cirrose Hepática , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Animais , Intoxicação por Tetracloreto de Carbono/tratamento farmacológico , Intoxicação por Tetracloreto de Carbono/metabolismo , Doença Hepática Terminal/induzido quimicamente , Doença Hepática Terminal/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Hepática Terminal/metabolismo , Células Estreladas do Fígado/metabolismo , Inflamação/induzido quimicamente , Inflamação/tratamento farmacológico , Inflamação/metabolismo , Inflamação/patologia , Células de Kupffer/metabolismo , Cirrose Hepática/induzido quimicamente , Cirrose Hepática/tratamento farmacológico , Cirrose Hepática/metabolismo , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Camundongos , Fator de Transcrição RelA/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/metabolismo
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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 6412, 2021 03 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33742083

RESUMO

The oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica is a potent cell factory as it is able to use a wide variety of carbon sources to convert waste materials into value-added products. Nonetheless, there are still gaps in our understanding of its central carbon metabolism. Here we present an in-depth study of Y. lipolytica hexokinase (YlHxk1), a structurally unique protein. The greatest peculiarity of YlHxk1 is a 37-amino acid loop region, a structure not found in any other known hexokinases. By combining bioinformatic and experimental methods we showed that the loop in YlHxk1 is essential for activity of this protein and through that on growth of Y. lipolytica on glucose and fructose. We further proved that the loop in YlHxk1 hinders binding with trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P), a glycolysis inhibitor, as hexokinase with partial deletion of this region is 4.7-fold less sensitive to this molecule. We also found that YlHxk1 devoid of the loop causes strong repressive effect on lipase-encoding genes LIP2 and LIP8 and that the hexokinase overexpression in Y. lipolytica changes glycerol over glucose preference when cultivated in media containing both substrates.


Assuntos
Expressão Gênica , Hexoquinase/química , Hexoquinase/metabolismo , Yarrowia/enzimologia , Yarrowia/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional/métodos , Meios de Cultura/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/metabolismo , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Frutose/metabolismo , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Glucose/metabolismo , Glicerol/metabolismo , Glicólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Hexoquinase/antagonistas & inibidores , Hexoquinase/genética , Cinética , Lipase/genética , Organismos Geneticamente Modificados , Plasmídeos/genética , Fosfatos Açúcares/metabolismo , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Trealose/análogos & derivados , Trealose/metabolismo , Trealose/farmacologia , Yarrowia/crescimento & desenvolvimento
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Curr Top Med Chem ; 20(29): 2651-2661, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32819245

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (G6PI) catalyses the second step in glycolysis in the reversible interconversion of an aldohexose glucose 6-phosphate, a six membered ring moiety to a ketohexose, fructose 6-phosphate five membered ring moiety. This enzyme is of utmost importance due to its multifunctional role like neuroleukin, autocrine motility factor, etc. in various species. G6PI from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is less explored for its moonlighting properties. These properties can be predicted by studying the active site conservation of residues and their interaction with the specific ligand. METHODS: Here, we study the G6PI in a self-inducible construct in bacterial expression system with its purification using Ni-NTA chromatography. The secondary structure of pure G6PI is estimated using circular dichroism to further predict the proper folding form of the protein. The bioactivity of the purified enzyme is quantified using phosphoglucose isomerase colorimetric kit with a value of 12.5 mU/mL. Differential scanning fluorimetry and isothermal titration calorimetry were employed to monitor the interaction of G6PI with its competitive inhibitor, erythrose 4-phosphate and calculated the Tm, Kd and IC50 values. Further, the homology model for the protein was prepared to study the interaction with the erythrose 4-phosphate. MD simulation of the complex was performed at 100 ns to identify the binding interactions. RESULTS: We identified hydrogen bonds and water bridges dominating the interactions in the active site holding the protein and ligand with strong affinity. CONCLUSION: G6PI was successfully crystallized and data has been collected at 6Å. We are focused on improving the crystal quality for obtaining higher resolution data.


Assuntos
Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Glucose-6-Fosfato Isomerase/antagonistas & inibidores , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzimologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Glucose-6-Fosfato Isomerase/química , Glucose-6-Fosfato Isomerase/metabolismo , Ligantes , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Proteica , Fosfatos Açúcares/química
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Circ Res ; 126(1): 60-74, 2020 01 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31698999

RESUMO

RATIONALE: Metabolic and structural remodeling is a hallmark of heart failure. This remodeling involves activation of the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling pathway, but little is known on how intermediary metabolites are integrated as metabolic signals. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the metabolic control of cardiac glycolysis and explored the potential of glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) to regulate glycolytic flux and mTOR activation. METHODS AND RESULTS: We developed a kinetic model of cardiomyocyte carbohydrate metabolism, CardioGlyco, to study the metabolic control of myocardial glycolysis and G6P levels. Metabolic control analysis revealed that G6P concentration is dependent on phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) activity. Next, we integrated ex vivo tracer studies with mathematical simulations to test how changes in glucose supply and glycolytic flux affect mTOR activation. Nutrient deprivation promoted a tight coupling between glucose uptake and oxidation, G6P reduction, and increased protein-protein interaction between hexokinase II and mTOR. We validated the in silico modeling in cultured adult mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes by modulating PGI activity using erythrose 4-phosphate. Inhibition of glycolytic flux at the level of PGI caused G6P accumulation, which correlated with increased mTOR activation. Using click chemistry, we labeled newly synthesized proteins and confirmed that inhibition of PGI increases protein synthesis. CONCLUSIONS: The reduction of PGI activity directly affects myocyte growth by regulating mTOR activation.


Assuntos
Glucose-6-Fosfato Isomerase/antagonistas & inibidores , Glucose-6-Fosfato/metabolismo , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Química Click , Simulação por Computador , Glucose/farmacologia , Glicólise , Hexoquinase/metabolismo , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias Cardíacas/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Oxirredução , Consumo de Oxigênio , Biossíntese de Proteínas/efeitos dos fármacos , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia
7.
J Med Chem ; 62(17): 8178-8193, 2019 09 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31386361

RESUMO

ProTides comprise an important class of prodrugs currently marketed and developed as antiviral and anticancer therapies. The ProTide technology employs phosphate masking groups capable of providing more favorable druglike properties and an intracellular activation mechanism for enzyme-mediated release of a nucleoside monophosphate. Herein, we describe the application of phosphoramidate chemistry to 1,3,4-O-acetylated N-acetylmannosamine (Ac3ManNAc) to deliver ManNAc-6-phosphate (ManNAc-6-P), a critical intermediate in sialic acid biosynthesis. Sialic acid deficiency is a hallmark of GNE myopathy, a rare congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) caused by mutations in GNE that limit the production of ManNAc-6-P. Synthetic methods were developed to provide a library of Ac3ManNAc-6-phosphoramidates that were evaluated in a series of studies for their potential as a treatment for GNE myopathy. Prodrug 12b showed rapid activation in a carboxylesterase (CPY) enzymatic assay and favorable ADME properties, while also being more effective than ManNAc at increasing sialic acid levels in GNE-deficient cell lines. These results provide a potential platform to address substrate deficiencies in GNE myopathy and other CDGs.


Assuntos
Miopatias Distais/tratamento farmacológico , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Hexosaminas/farmacologia , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/antagonistas & inibidores , Pró-Fármacos/farmacologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Animais , Células CHO , Células CACO-2 , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Cricetulus , Miopatias Distais/metabolismo , Miopatias Distais/patologia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Hexosaminas/síntese química , Hexosaminas/química , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Ácido N-Acetilneuramínico/análise , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/deficiência , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/metabolismo , Pró-Fármacos/síntese química , Pró-Fármacos/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Fosfatos Açúcares/síntese química , Fosfatos Açúcares/química
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J Org Chem ; 84(15): 9627-9636, 2019 08 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31264865

RESUMO

α-Phosphomannomutase/phosphoglucomutase (αPMM/PGM) from P. aeruginosa is involved in bacterial cell wall assembly and is implicated in P. aeruginosa virulence, yet few studies have addressed αPMM/PGM inhibition from this important Gram-negative bacterial human pathogen. Four structurally different α-d-glucopyranose 1-phosphate (αG1P) derivatives including 1-C-fluoromethylated analogues (1-3), 1,2-cyclic phosph(on)ate analogues (4-6), isosteric methylene phosphono analogues (7 and 8), and 6-fluoro-αG1P (9), were synthesized and assessed as potential time-dependent or reversible αPMM/PGM inhibitors. The resulting kinetic data were consistent with the crystallographic structures of the highly homologous Xanthomonas citri αPGM with inhibitors 3 and 7-9 binding to the enzyme active site (1.65-1.9 Å). These structural and kinetic insights will enhance the design of future αPMM/PGM inhibitors.


Assuntos
Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Fosfoglucomutase/antagonistas & inibidores , Fosfotransferases (Fosfomutases)/antagonistas & inibidores , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Cristalografia por Raios X , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Cinética , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular , Fosfoglucomutase/metabolismo , Fosfotransferases (Fosfomutases)/metabolismo , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzimologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/síntese química , Fosfatos Açúcares/química
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Clin Exp Immunol ; 196(1): 97-110, 2019 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30444525

RESUMO

There is a close cross-talk between complement, Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and coagulation. The role of the central complement component 5 (C5) in physiological and pathophysiological hemostasis has not, however, been fully elucidated. This study examined the effects of C5 in normal hemostasis and in Escherichia coli-induced coagulation and tissue factor (TF) up-regulation. Fresh whole blood obtained from six healthy donors and one C5-deficient individual (C5D) was anti-coagulated with the thrombin inhibitor lepirudin. Blood was incubated with or without E. coli in the presence of the C5 inhibitor eculizumab, a blocking anti-CD14 monoclonal antibody (anti-CD14) or the TLR-4 inhibitor eritoran. C5D blood was reconstituted with purified human C5. TF mRNA was measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and monocyte TF and CD11b surface expression by flow cytometry. Prothrombin fragment 1+2 (PTF1·2) in plasma and microparticles exposing TF (TF-MP) was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Coagulation kinetics were analyzed by rotational thromboelastometry and platelet function by PFA-200. Normal blood with eculizumab as well as C5D blood with or without reconstitution with C5 displayed completely normal biochemical hemostatic patterns. In contrast, E. coli-induced TF mRNA and TF-MP were significantly reduced by C5 inhibition. C5 inhibition combined with anti-CD14 or eritoran completely inhibited the E. coli-induced monocyte TF, TF-MP and plasma PTF1·2. Addition of C5a alone did not induce TF expression on monocytes. In conclusion, C5 showed no impact on physiological hemostasis, but substantially contributed to E. coli-induced procoagulant events, which were abolished by the combined inhibition of C5 and CD14 or TLR-4.


Assuntos
Células Sanguíneas/fisiologia , Complemento C5/metabolismo , Infecções por Escherichia coli/imunologia , Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Hemostasia/fisiologia , Sepse/imunologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Anticorpos Bloqueadores/farmacologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/farmacologia , Células Sanguíneas/efeitos dos fármacos , Coagulação Sanguínea , Células Cultivadas , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Feminino , Hirudinas/farmacologia , Humanos , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Masculino , Testes de Função Plaquetária , Receptor Cross-Talk , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Tromboelastografia , Tromboplastina/genética , Tromboplastina/metabolismo , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/antagonistas & inibidores
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Int J Biol Macromol ; 122: 425-451, 2019 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30365988

RESUMO

Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) recognize a wide variety of pathogen-associated molecular patterns and are centrally involved in the initiation of the innate and adaptive immune responses. Extensive analysis of TLRs has shown specificity in terms of ligand recognition, expression and cellular localization in different cell types and tissues, and most importantly, its role in the pathogenesis of multiple chronic inflammatory diseases. In recent past extensive investigations showed that many TLRs are profoundly expressed in various types of cancers. This review is emphasized on human TLR4 structural and functional dynamics in cancer. The review was intended to explore the present understanding of the involvement of hTLR4 in different types of cancer and different danger signals that can affect the expression and function of TLR4 in both normal and cancer cells. Dual role of TLR4 in cancer has also been discussed along with therapeutic targeting, cellular response via signaling and the possible conformational changes that occur in response to agonist and antagonist. This review provides a comprehensive resource for designing and discovery of novel TLR4 ligands for therapeutic intervention.


Assuntos
Neoplasias/metabolismo , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/química , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Desenho de Fármacos , Humanos , Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Neoplasias/imunologia , Neoplasias/patologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/agonistas , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/antagonistas & inibidores
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ChemMedChem ; 13(21): 2317-2331, 2018 11 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30276970

RESUMO

Despite significant advances made in the last decade in the understanding of molecular mechanisms of sepsis and in the development of clinically relevant therapies, sepsis remains the leading cause of mortality in intensive care units with increasing incidence worldwide. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-a transmembrane pattern-recognition receptor responsible for propagating the immediate immune response to Gram-negative bacterial infection-plays a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis and chronic inflammation-related disorders. TLR4 is complexed with the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-sensing protein myeloid differentiation-2 (MD-2) which represents a preferred target for establishing new anti-inflammatory treatment strategies. Herein we report the development, facile synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel disaccharide-based TLR4⋅MD-2 antagonists with potent anti-endotoxic activity at micromolar concentrations. A series of synthetic anionic glycolipids entailing amide-linked ß-ketoacyl lipid residues was prepared in a straightforward manner by using a single orthogonally protected nonreducing diglucosamine scaffold. Suppression of the LPS-induced release of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor was monitored and confirmed in human immune cells (MNC and THP1) and mouse macrophages. Structure-activity relationship studies and molecular dynamics simulations revealed the structural basis for the high-affinity interaction between anionic glycolipids and MD-2, and highlighted two compounds as leads for the development of potential anti-inflammatory therapeutics.


Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Tensoativos/farmacologia , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios/síntese química , Anti-Inflamatórios/química , Dissacarídeos/síntese química , Dissacarídeos/química , Escherichia coli/química , Humanos , Inflamação/induzido quimicamente , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos , Antígeno 96 de Linfócito/química , Antígeno 96 de Linfócito/metabolismo , Camundongos , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Fosfatos Açúcares/síntese química , Fosfatos Açúcares/química , Tensoativos/síntese química , Tensoativos/química , Células THP-1 , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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Plant Cell ; 30(10): 2616-2627, 2018 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30249634

RESUMO

WRINKLED1 (WRI1), the transcriptional activator of fatty acid synthesis, was recently identified as a target of KIN10, a catalytic α-subunit of the SUCROSE-NON-FERMENTING1-RELATED PROTEIN KINASE1 (SnRK1). We tested the hypothesis that trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P), a signal of cellular sucrose status, can regulate fatty acid synthesis by inhibiting SnRK1. Incubation of Brassica napus suspension cells in medium containing T6P, or overexpression of the Escherichia coli T6P synthase, OtsA, in Nicotiana benthamiana, significantly increased T6P levels, WRI1 levels, and fatty acid synthesis rates. T6P directly bound to purified recombinant KIN10 with an equilibrium dissociation constant (K d) of 32 ± 6 µM based on microscale thermophoresis. GEMINIVIRUS REP-INTERACTING KINASE1 (GRIK1) bound to KIN10 (K d 19 ± 3 µM) and activated it by phosphorylation. In the presence of T6P, the GRIK1-KIN10 association was weakened by more than 3-fold (K d 68 ± 9.8 µM), which reduced both the phosphorylation of KIN10 and its activity. T6P-dependent inhibition of SnRK1 activity was reduced in extracts of individual Arabidopsis thaliana grik1 and grik2 mutants relative to the wild type, while SnRK1 activity in grik1 grik2 extracts was enhanced by T6P. These results indicate that the T6P sensitivity of SnRK1 in vivo is GRIK1/GRIK2 dependent. Based on our findings, we propose a mechanistic model that links sugar signaling and fatty acid homeostasis.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Brassica napus/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos/biossíntese , Fosfatos Açúcares/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Trealose/análogos & derivados , Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Brassica napus/citologia , Brassica napus/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Glucosiltransferases/genética , Glucosiltransferases/metabolismo , Mutação , Fosforilação , Folhas de Planta/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Nicotiana/genética , Nicotiana/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Trealose/metabolismo , Trealose/farmacologia
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FEBS Lett ; 592(15): 2525-2532, 2018 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30025148

RESUMO

In plants, trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) is a key signaling metabolite that functions as both a signal and negative feedback regulator of sucrose levels. The mode of action by which T6P senses and regulates sucrose is not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that the sucrolytic activity of RcSUS1, the dominant sucrose synthase isozyme expressed in developing castor beans, is allosterically inhibited by T6P. The feedback inhibition of SUS by T6P may contribute to the control of sink strength and sucrolytic flux in heterotrophic plant tissues.


Assuntos
Glucosiltransferases/metabolismo , Glicólise , Ricinus communis/metabolismo , Sacarose/metabolismo , Fosfatos Açúcares/fisiologia , Trealose/análogos & derivados , Ricinus communis/enzimologia , Ricinus communis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Retroalimentação Fisiológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Glicólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Redes e Vias Metabólicas/efeitos dos fármacos , Desenvolvimento Vegetal/fisiologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Trealose/metabolismo , Trealose/farmacologia , Trealose/fisiologia
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Gene ; 675: 240-253, 2018 Oct 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29958953

RESUMO

Biosynthesis of isoprenoids (MEP Pathway) in apicoplast has an important role during the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium, as it is the sole pathway to provide the major isoprene units required as metabolic precursor for various housekeeping activities. With the intensifying need to identify a novel therapeutic drug target against Plasmodium, the MEP pathway and its components are considered as potential therapeutic targets, due to the difference in the isoprenoid synthesis route (MVA) functional in the host cells. While few major components have already been studied from this pathway for their potential as a drug target, IspD (2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate cytidyltransferase) enzyme, the enzyme catalyzing the third step of the pathway has only been tested against a synthetic compound from Malaria box called MMV008138, which also has not shown adequate inhibitory activity against P. vivax IspD. In the present study, to validate the potential of PvIspD as a drug target, various antimicrobial agents were screened for their inhibition possibilities, using in-vitro High Throughput Screening (HTS) technique. Shortlisted antimicrobial drug molecules like Cefepime, Tunicamycin and Rifampicin were further validated by in-vitro biochemical enzyme inhibition assays where they showed activity at nanomolar concentrations suggesting them or their derivatives as prospective future antimalarials. This study also confirmed the in-vivo expression of PvIspD protein during asexual stages by sub-cellular localization in apicoplast and explores the importance of the IspD enzyme in the development of new therapeutics.


Assuntos
Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico , Inibidores Enzimáticos/uso terapêutico , Malária Vivax/tratamento farmacológico , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Nucleotidiltransferases/antagonistas & inibidores , Plasmodium vivax/efeitos dos fármacos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Eritritol/análogos & derivados , Eritritol/química , Eritritol/farmacologia , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Nucleotidiltransferases/química , Nucleotidiltransferases/genética , Nucleotidiltransferases/metabolismo , Filogenia , Plasmodium vivax/enzimologia , Alinhamento de Sequência , Fosfatos Açúcares/química , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia
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New Phytol ; 219(1): 350-362, 2018 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29701262

RESUMO

Agrobacterium tumefaciens constructs an ecological niche in its host plant by transferring the T-DNA from its Ti plasmid into the host genome and by diverting the host metabolism. We combined transcriptomics and genetics for understanding the A. tumefaciens lifestyle when it colonizes Arabidopsis thaliana tumors. Transcriptomics highlighted: a transition from a motile to sessile behavior that mobilizes some master regulators (Hfq, CtrA, DivK and PleD); a remodeling of some cell surface components (O-antigen, succinoglucan, curdlan, att genes, putative fasciclin) and functions associated with plant defense (Ef-Tu and flagellin pathogen-associated molecular pattern-response and glycerol-3-phosphate and nitric oxide signaling); and an exploitation of a wide variety of host resources, including opines, amino acids, sugars, organic acids, phosphate, phosphorylated compounds, and iron. In addition, construction of transgenic A. thaliana lines expressing a lactonase enzyme showed that Ti plasmid transfer could escape host-mediated quorum-quenching. Finally, construction of knock-out mutants in A. tumefaciens showed that expression of some At plasmid genes seemed more costly than the selective advantage they would have conferred in tumor colonization. We provide the first overview of A. tumefaciens lifestyle in a plant tumor and reveal novel signaling and trophic interplays for investigating host-pathogen interactions.


Assuntos
Agrobacterium tumefaciens/fisiologia , Agrobacterium tumefaciens/patogenicidade , Arabidopsis/microbiologia , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno/fisiologia , Tumores de Planta/microbiologia , Agrobacterium tumefaciens/efeitos dos fármacos , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arginina/análogos & derivados , Arginina/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Carbono/metabolismo , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Parede Celular/microbiologia , Quimiotaxia , Ecossistema , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Genoma Bacteriano , Ferro/metabolismo , Mutação , Nitrogênio/metabolismo , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia
16.
Behav Pharmacol ; 29(5): 413-425, 2018 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29561292

RESUMO

Depression is the disease of the modern era. The lack of response to the available antidepressants, which were developed on the basis of the monoaminergic deficit hypothesis of depression, has encouraged scientists to think about new mechanisms explaining the pathogenesis of depression. In this context, the inflammatory theory has emerged to clarify many aspects of depression that the previous theories have failed to explain. Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) has a regulatory role in the brain's immune response to stress, and its activation is suggested to play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of depression. In this study, we tested eritoran (ERI), a TLR-4 receptor-4 antagonist, as a potential antidepressant. We investigated the effect of long-term administration of ERI in three different doses on behavioral changes, hippocampal and prefrontal cortex (PFC) neurogenesis, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)/glutamate balance in male Wistar rats exposed to chronic restraint stress (CRS). Long-term administration of ERI ameliorated CRS-induced depressive-like symptoms and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hyperactivity alongside reducing levels of hippocampal and PFC inflammatory cytokines, restoring GABA and glutamate balance, and enhancing PFC and hippocampal neurogenesis, by increasing BDNF gene and protein expression in a dose-dependent manner. The results demonstrate an antidepressant-like activity of ERI in Wistar rats exposed to CRS, which may be largely mediated by its ability to reduce neuroinflammation, increase BDNF, and restore GABA/glutamate balance in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Nonetheless, further studies are needed to characterize the mechanism of the antidepressant effect of ERI.


Assuntos
Depressão/tratamento farmacológico , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Animais , Antidepressivos/farmacologia , Fator Neurotrófico Derivado do Encéfalo/metabolismo , Depressão/etiologia , Transtorno Depressivo/fisiopatologia , Dissacarídeos/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Ácido Glutâmico/efeitos dos fármacos , Hipocampo/efeitos dos fármacos , Sistema Hipotálamo-Hipofisário/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Neurogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Sistema Hipófise-Suprarrenal/efeitos dos fármacos , Córtex Pré-Frontal/efeitos dos fármacos , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Estresse Psicológico/fisiopatologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/metabolismo , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/efeitos dos fármacos
17.
BMC Plant Biol ; 17(1): 74, 2017 04 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28403831

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Drought stress during flowering is a major contributor to yield loss in maize. Genetic and biotechnological improvement in yield sustainability requires an understanding of the mechanisms underpinning yield loss. Sucrose starvation has been proposed as the cause for kernel abortion; however, potential targets for genetic improvement have not been identified. Field and greenhouse drought studies with maize are expensive and it can be difficult to reproduce results; therefore, an in vitro kernel culture method is presented as a proxy for drought stress occurring at the time of flowering in maize (3 days after pollination). This method is used to focus on the effects of drought on kernel metabolism, and the role of trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) and the sucrose non-fermenting-1-related kinase (SnRK1) as potential regulators of this response. RESULTS: A precipitous drop in Tre6P is observed during the first two hours after removing the kernels from the plant, and the resulting changes in transcript abundance are indicative of an activation of SnRK1, and an immediate shift from anabolism to catabolism. Once Tre6P levels are depleted to below 1 nmol∙g-1 FW in the kernel, SnRK1 remained active throughout the 96 h experiment, regardless of the presence or absence of sucrose in the medium. Recovery on sucrose enriched medium results in the restoration of sucrose synthesis and glycolysis. Biosynthetic processes including the citric acid cycle and protein and starch synthesis are inhibited by excision, and do not recover even after the re-addition of sucrose. It is also observed that excision induces the transcription of the sugar transporters SUT1 and SWEET1, the sucrose hydrolyzing enzymes CELL WALL INVERTASE 2 (INCW2) and SUCROSE SYNTHASE 1 (SUSY1), the class II TREHALOSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASES (TPS), TREHALASE (TRE), and TREHALOSE PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE (ZmTPPA.3), previously shown to enhance drought tolerance (Nuccio et al., Nat Biotechnol (October 2014):1-13, 2015). CONCLUSIONS: The impact of kernel excision from the ear triggers a cascade of events starting with the precipitous drop in Tre6P levels. It is proposed that the removal of Tre6P suppression of SnRK1 activity results in transcription of putative SnRK1 target genes, and the metabolic transition from biosynthesis to catabolism. This highlights the importance of Tre6P in the metabolic response to starvation. We also present evidence that sugars can mediate the activation of SnRK1. The precipitous drop in Tre6P corresponds to a large increase in transcription of ZmTPPA.3, indicating that this specific enzyme may be responsible for the de-phosphorylation of Tre6P. The high levels of Tre6P in the immature embryo are likely important for preventing kernel abortion.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Sementes/embriologia , Estresse Fisiológico/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Trealose/análogos & derivados , Zea mays/embriologia , Zea mays/fisiologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/efeitos dos fármacos , Metaboloma/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Biológicos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Sementes/efeitos dos fármacos , Sementes/genética , Estresse Fisiológico/genética , Sacarose/farmacologia , Trealose/farmacologia , Zea mays/efeitos dos fármacos , Zea mays/genética
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Appl Biochem Biotechnol ; 181(3): 914-924, 2017 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27796871

RESUMO

In some pathogens, trehalose biosynthesis is induced in response to stress as a protection mechanism. This pathway is an attractive target for antimicrobials as neither the enzymes, Tps1, and Tps2, nor is trehalose present in humans. Accumulation of T6P in Candida albicans, achieved by deletion of TPS2, resulted in strong reduction of fungal virulence. In this work, the effect of T6P on Tps1 activity was evaluated. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, C. albicans, and Candida tropicalis were used as experimental models. As expected, a heat stress induced both trehalose accumulation and increased Tps1 activity. However, the addition of 125 µM T6P to extracts obtained from stressed cells totally abolished or reduced in 50 and 60 % the induction of Tps1 activity in S. cerevisiae, C. tropicalis, and C. albicans, respectively. According to our results, T6P is an uncompetitive inhibitor of S. cerevisiae Tps1. This kind of inhibitor is able to decrease the rate of reaction to zero at increased concentrations. Based on the similarities found in sequence and function between Tps1 of S. cerevisiae and some pathogens and on the inhibitory effect of T6P on Tps1 activity observed in vitro, novel drugs can be developed for the treatment of infectious diseases caused by organisms whose infectivity and survival on the host depend on trehalose.


Assuntos
Candida albicans/enzimologia , Candida tropicalis/enzimologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Glucosiltransferases/antagonistas & inibidores , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimologia , Fosfatos Açúcares/química , Trealose/análogos & derivados , Candida albicans/patogenicidade , Candida tropicalis/patogenicidade , Candidíase/tratamento farmacológico , Candidíase/enzimologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Especificidade da Espécie , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Trealose/química , Trealose/farmacologia
19.
FEMS Microbiol Lett ; 363(17)2016 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27481705

RESUMO

The effect of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (Fru 1,6-P2) on the regulatory enzymes of pentose phosphate pathway of Escherichia coli was examined. Fru 1,6-P2 inhibited E. coli transaldolase (EC 2.2.1.2) competitively against fructose 6-phosphate and uncompetitively against erythrose 4-phosphate, whereas Fru 1,6-P2 did not affect glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.44). Kinetic results can be explained by assuming that transaldolase has two kinds of binding sites for Fru 1,6-P2: a competitive binding site for fructose 6-phosphate and a second binding site on the enzyme-erythrose 4-phosphate complex. Fru 1,6-P2 increased resulting from the stimulation of glycolysis, can inhibit transaldolase and further participates in the elevation of the concentration of ribose 5-phosphate that can be preferentially utilized for anabolic reaction in exponential phase of E. coli.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Frutosedifosfatos/metabolismo , Via de Pentose Fosfato/efeitos dos fármacos , Transaldolase/antagonistas & inibidores , Sítios de Ligação , Ligação Competitiva , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Escherichia coli/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Frutosedifosfatos/farmacologia , Frutosefosfatos/farmacologia , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Glicólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Cinética , Fosfogluconato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Ribosemonofosfatos/metabolismo , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Transaldolase/metabolismo
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Cancer Res ; 76(16): 4684-95, 2016 08 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27328732

RESUMO

Colorectal carcinogenesis is affected by overexpression of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptors CD14 and TLR4, which antagonize each other by affecting epithelial cell proliferation and apoptosis. Eritoran is an investigational drug for sepsis treatment that resembles the lipid A moiety of LPS and therefore acts as a TLR4 inhibitor. In the present study, we explored the potential therapeutic uses and mechanisms of action of eritoran in reducing colon cancer progression. Eritoran administration via intracolonic, intragastric, or intravenous routes significantly reduced tumor burden in a chemically induced mouse model of colorectal carcinoma. Decreased proliferation and increased apoptosis were observed in mouse tumor cells after eritoran treatment. In vitro cultures of mouse primary tumor spheroids and human cancer cell lines displayed increased cell proliferation and cell-cycle progression following LPS challenge. This effect was inhibited by eritoran and by silencing CD14 or TLR4. In contrast, apoptosis induced by eritoran was eliminated by silencing CD14 or protein kinase Cζ (PKCζ) but not TLR4. Lastly, LPS and eritoran caused hyperphosphorylation of PKCζ in a CD14-dependent and TLR4-independent manner. Blocking PKCζ activation by a Src kinase inhibitor and a PKCζ-pseudosubstrate prevented eritoran-induced apoptosis. In summary, our work offers a preclinical proof of concept for the exploration of eritoran as a clinical treatment, with a mechanistic rationale to reposition this drug to improve the management of colorectal cancer. Cancer Res; 76(16); 4684-95. ©2016 AACR.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Dissacarídeos/farmacologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Fosfatos Açúcares/farmacologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias Colorretais/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Imunofluorescência , Humanos , Marcação In Situ das Extremidades Cortadas , Receptores de Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C
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